# Could Hillary be too sick to run for/serve as president? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 23, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251 "2015-09-23T00:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/1 "2015-09-23T00:21:51Z")
Yeah it comes from a biased book, but this is interesting information if true. > **[Hillary is dealing with mounting health issues, new book claims](https://nypost.com/2015/09/22/hillary-is-dealing-with-mounting-health-issues-new-book-claims/)** > > Hillary Clinton faces “mounting health issues” — and she’s secretly worried that she’s too sick to run for president, according to a new book. The 67-year-old Democratic fro… > [@](#): > > The 67-year-old Democratic front-runner has been “frequently plagued” by “blinding headaches” and a series of strokes over the course of the campaign which have left her second-guessing her chances of winning in 2016, says the upcoming book “Unlikeable — The Problem with Hillary.”…The presidential candidate has also been battling bouts of insomnia that have ultimately “worried her, because it sapped her energy just when she needed it most for the campaign,” Klein writes…“She is exhausted and depressed a lot of the time,” a friend is quoted as saying, adding that Clinton even tried taking sleeping pills to combat the problem, but to no avail. > **[Book claims Hillary has 'blinding headaches' and near fainting fits](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3244750/New-book-s-health-claims-Hillary-Best-selling-political-author-says-Clinton-blinding-headaches-near-fainting-fits-interfere-campaign.html)** > > Ed Klein's book, 'Unlikeable,' hits stores next week and could reshape the Democratic presidential primary despite the clean bill of health Clinton has on paper from a physician. I don’t know much about Ed Klein, but apparently he has a history of making shit up. So maybe this is all bullshit. > **[Edward Klein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Klein)** > > Edward J. Klein (born 1936) is an American author and former foreign editor of Newsweek, former editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine (1977–1987). He has written about the Kennedys, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Donald Trump. > Born in Yonkers, New York, Klein attended Colgate University, graduated from Columbia University School of General Studies, and received an MS degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. > Klein is the form... ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/2 "2015-09-23T00:36:04Z")
This sounds a lot like the Dr. Who “Don’t you think she looks tired?” technique. And I’m not a doctor, but I doubt “a series of strokes” is something you can hide. As for the rest, headaches and insomnia in someone going through the stress of a Presidential campaign? What a shock that would be. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/3 "2015-09-23T00:38:00Z")
This book, like his last several books attacking Democrats, comes from Regnery Publishing, which is to books what that smelly stuff you scrape off the bottom of your shoe is to food. Is that ad hominem? Well, after reading the Wiki page on Ed Klein people might also want to read the page on Regnery. > [@](#): > > Regnery published Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside The Clinton White House (1996) by Gary Aldrich, which Max Blumenthal, writing in The American Prospect, said “painted images of Hillary Clinton hanging crack pipes on the White House Christmas tree and claimed to expose lesbian affairs in the White House basement.”.[15] Aldrich had written about an incident where Ms. Clinton ordered a batch of student artwork hung on the tree without examining it for suitability.[16] > > In June 2004, Regnery agreed to publish Unfit for Command by former Swift Boat veteran John O’Neill and veteran author Dr. Jerome Corsi. Television advertisements about presidential candidate John Kerry’s criticisms of U.S. soldiers and recounting of his own military record in Vietnam were unveiled nationwide at about the same time as Unfit for Command was released, creating shortages of the book in bookstores nationwide.[citation needed] The book exceeded 1 million copies in print. > > The Kerry campaign demanded that Regnery cease publication and distribution of Unfit for Command, saying there were inaccuracies in the book about Kerry’s war record and anti-war activities at home. Regnery responded by offering to print and distribute a reply book by Kerry, suggesting “Winter Soldier” on the same subject matter that Kerry authored in the 1970s.[citation needed] > > In describing Regnery’s position in the publishing world, Nicholas Confessore, then writer for the liberal American Prospect, said the following: > > ``` > Welcome to the world of Regnery Publishing—lifestyle press for conservatives, preferred printer of presidential hopefuls, and venerable publisher of books for the culture wars. Call it—gracelessly but more accurately—a medium-sized, loosely linked network of conservative types, with few degrees of separation and similar political aims. Just don't call it a conspiracy. > > ``` When and if Regnery or Klein write anything that can be cited by independents you can tell me how wrong I am. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/4 "2015-09-23T00:58:49Z")
Hillary fell in December 2012, causing a concussion which affected the vision in her right eye. You may recall those photos of her wearing corrective glasses. So maybe she still has a little eyestrain, and maybe once in awhile it causes a headache. But strokes? This is a woman in the public eye 24/7. If she’s had a “series of strokes” it would be obvious to a lot more people than Ed Klein. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/5 "2015-09-23T02:15:30Z")
And of course Presidents like FDR and JFK never had health problems. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/6 "2015-09-23T03:32:06Z")
If Hillary had really had a series of strokes recently, it would be pretty big news. Probably not reported amongst a bunch of minor ailments that pretty much every candidate suffers from (I imagine given the amount of travel that every Presidential candidate has a pretty fucked up sleep schedule, and “nearly swooning” is not exactly a death sentence.) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/7 "2015-09-23T04:04:12Z")
Not to mention the hob that constant changes in pressure associated with the amount of flying that a Presidential candidate does plays with ones sinuses, disposition, etc. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/8 "2015-09-23T04:27:10Z")
the Clinton-bashing ™ industry is a bad waste of trees (and bandwidth for you e-book downloaders) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/9 "2015-09-23T05:27:17Z")
If Hillary Clinton is too sick to run for President, then what is it she’s been doing these last few months? You have to admit she’s certainly doing an uncanny impression of somebody who’s running for President. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/10 "2015-09-23T15:44:47Z")
Could she have some health problems that force her out of the race? Sure, she could. It can happen to anyone, especially someone of her age. Has it happened yet? No. How can we tell? Because she’s still in the race. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/11 "2015-09-23T17:26:03Z")
Is Karl Rove still claiming she’s had a[traumatic brain injury?](http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/may/14/karl-rove/rove-clinton-hospital-stay-and-glasses-point-traum/) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/12 "2015-09-23T18:15:28Z")
IIRC, this is the same guy who claims Hillary Clinton is a lesbian who only had Chelsea because Bill raped her. I’d take anything he says about the Clintons with a molecule of NaCl. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/13 "2015-09-23T18:35:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > IIRC, this is the same guy who claims Hillary Clinton is a lesbian who only had Chelsea because Bill raped her. Oh that Bill! He’s so crazy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/14 "2015-09-23T18:48:13Z")
If she’s a lesbian, then why was she having an affair with Vince Foster? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/15 "2015-09-23T18:51:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > If she’s a lesbian, then why was she having an affair with Vince Foster? Then she realized she was a lesbian so she killed him. Keep up. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/16 "2015-09-23T19:09:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Then she realized she was a lesbian so she killed him. Keep up. Didn’t that happen while they were whitewater rafting? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/17 "2015-09-23T19:16:54Z")
> [@](#): > > The 67-year-old Democratic front-runner has been “frequently plagued” by “blinding headaches” I thought that the wingnuts thought she was just a carrier. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/18 "2015-09-23T20:34:06Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > the Clinton-bashing ™ industry is a bad waste of trees (and bandwidth for you e-book downloaders) Entertaining in a way, though. The most amusing part is getting exactly the same stuff from both the Republican talking heads \*and \*the Sanders camp. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/19 "2015-09-23T21:39:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Entertaining in a way, though. The most amusing part is getting exactly the same stuff from both the Republican talking heads \*and \*the Sanders camp. I’m a Sanders supporter but have no problem with Hillary as president. She isn’t my first choice but she would be decent and better than the alternative. The fact that Biden seems to suddenly be interested in running makes me wonder if this is some secret attempt by the DNC to create a backup in case Hillary is too sick to run since the DNC doesn’t want Sanders as the candidate. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251/20 "2015-09-23T22:24:27Z")
I think the Demos would do good to have a plan B for the nomination. Should Hilary win that, then a good choice for a healthy VP. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hillary-be-too-sick-to-run-for-serve-as-president/732251.md?page=2)